Profiles of Environmental Education Grants Awarded to Organizations in Kentucky
- Indicates a Headquarters grant
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education $91,000
Ms. Ashley Hoffman, 1448 Cypress Street, Paris, KY 40361-1259
Addressing Climate Literacy through Concerted Community-based Initiatives
The Addressing Climate Literacy through Concerted Community-based Initiatives project creates a Center for Environmental Education (CEE) to address the gap between scientific and popular understanding of climate change. CEE supports community climate stewardship projects, provides professional development in climate change education to formal and non-formal educators in the area, and expands the reach of the climate literacy program.
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education $210,000
Ashley Hoffman, P.O. Box 17494, Louisville, KY 40217
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education Sub-Grant Program
Under the leadership of the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, EE leaders in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina convene a Region Leadership Team to identify priorities, procedures and requirements for implementation of a sub-grants program for EE in the region and award up to 19 sub-grants. The overall goal of the sub-grants is to increase state capacity for the delivery of EE and advance environmental literacy among diverse audiences within the five states. The program is structured to facilitate a systematic approach for ensuring that individual state and regional priorities for advancing environmental literacy are met and evaluated. The unique collaboration among the state EE associations helps to build capacity while expanding the purposeful engagement and involvement of local, state and regional partners. At the end of the program, KAEE completes an evaluation of the processes and outcomes and outputs of the sub-grants which are shared in a regional wrap-up webinar and with the EPA.
Board of Education of Jefferson County $145,270
Rosalind Scott, VanHoose Education Center, P.O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232
Supporting Science Instruction through the Development of EE Projects
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) helps students develop an understanding of environmental interrelationships and their role in protecting the environment through a systematic program of classroom and field study investigations. The expected goal of this project is to make EE the centerpiece of the Cane Run and Portland elementary schools by integrating EE into curricular work and developing field studies programs. To achieve this goal, the JCPS Center for EE identifies field studies programs that support science instruction but are not currently part of the Full Option Science System (FOSS) curriculum. Partner and resource members work to align the field programs identified with the curriculum content. JCPS then works with the Urban Design Studies and University of Louisville landscape architects to design an outdoor learning space on school grounds. Using these resources, students participate in a variety of projects, which include tasks such as documenting the diversity of life in school communities, identifying and addressing threats to specific plants and animals, and planting gardens in the community that provide habitats for native plants and animals. The project also offers professional development for the faculty at both Cane Run and Portland to integrate EE in preparation for the field studies. Key partners include the Louisville Zoo and Blackacre State Nature Preserve.
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet $18,000
Aaron Keatley, 300 Fair Oaks Lane, Frankfort, KY 40601
Kentucky Sustainability Institute
The Kentucky Sustainability Institute is a 1 -day workshop to address sustainability, including green buildings, smart growth, and Brownfields redevelopment. These issues have impacts on all areas of the environment, including habitat preservation, stormwater management, and energy conservation. Public health, economic development, and infrastructure issues can also be addressed via sustainable redevelopment methods that increase public awareness of environmental issues such as traffic congestion, health problems, sprawl, sewer overflow, and many others. This workshop brings forth ideas on how to best prepare for these issues that can be a hazard to the public’s health. The workshop is delivered at four Kentucky Community and Technical College System campuses across the state to ensure that interested parties have an opportunity to attend the workshop in an area close to their community. The initial target audience is municipal and county government officials and staff, community leaders, and citizens.
Jefferson County Public Schools $10,000
Rosalind Scott, P.O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Farmer's Fragile Floyds Fork Watershed Connection
The intent of this project is fourfold: (1) to construct an outdoor classroom to provide assistance to teachers in planning lessons to connect school campus to the classroom curriculum; (2) increase linkages between disciplines that are standards-based and focus on student work; (3) design a high-performing learning environment that encourages out-of-the classroom work and allows students to achieve at high levels; and (4) to provide a focal point for staff development that supports and enhances the work of daily instruction. All Farmer teachers participate in the professional development sessions, collaborate with the science teachers to address the critical issues in an interdisciplinary approach to learning, and help to build and use the outdoor classroom in some capacity.
Lincoln Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. $7,760
Jill Butler, 589 Westport Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Sinking Creek Watershed Education Outreach Initiative
This environmental educational outreach initiative enhances the awareness of local residents on environmental issues that involve pathogens and sedimentation, which are threats to the water quality of Sinking Creek. The target audience includes local residents, loggers, and farmers in the watershed area, teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 at schools in Breckinridge and Meade Counties, and students in the science classes in kindergarten through grade 8. This project is accomplished by disseminating educational tools and materials to local residents through community events, public forums, an agricultural field day, and workshops for local educators.
Mason County School System $9,303
Tim Moore, 2nd & Limestone Street, P.O. Box 130, Maysville, KY 41056
TRAILWAYS Nature Trail on School Grounds
The TRAILWAYS project established an outdoor classroom and nature trail on school grounds that brings high-quality environmental education to students in kindergarten through grade 12, school personnel, and the community. The nature trail teaches students the species of trees that are native to the area while preserving a natural history for the community. In the outdoor classroom, students learn genus and species along with care and maintenance of the trees planted.
Western Kentucky University Research Foundation $41,714
Karen Powell, Office of Sponsored Programs, 1906 College Heights Boulevard #11016, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1016
Expanding Environmental Discovery Within Rural Communities
Environmental education and community issues – with emphases on clean water and ecosystem protection – are promoted through the Expanding Environmental Discovery within Rural Communities program. Under this grant, teachers representing schools located near Mammoth Cave and Brigadoon State Nature Preserve participate in workshops to learn how to develop and facilitate effective environmental learning experiences. By focusing on the ecosystem in which they live, the teachers are educating rural youth about their role in protecting the environment. The participating students, who write about environmental issues local to the area, are in turn helping to educate members of the community about topics such as clean water and protection of the ecosystem.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation $10,962
Carol Hanley, 201 Kinkead Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0057
Translating Air Quality Regulations for Extension Professionals
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation hosts an air quality focus group and charges it with identifying and adapting educational materials on ambient air quality issues and regulations for use in workshops. As a result, Cooperative Extension Service professionals are programmed and educated in all programmatic areas, along with other interested professionals, on ambient air quality issues and regulations, accomplished through two workshops and follow-up communication.
Western Kentucky University Research Foundation $30,000
Karen Powell, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Enhancing Environmental Discovery within Rural Communities
Participating teachers and students are offered a focused study of the environment through three interactive environmental education experiences at Brigadoon State Nature Preserve. The project reaches its audience through a professional development workshop and interactive programs held in informal settings. The goal is to involve middle school teachers and students at schools near Brigadoon and Mammoth Cave. Teachers are provided with activities and a teaching kit that contains all the necessary resource materials and background information to educate the students about local natural resources. The program at Mammoth Cave focuses on endangered species and the unique cave and karst landscape, while the program at Brigadoon focuses on the importance and conservation of mature growth, mesophyllic forests. This program encourages teachers to include environmentally focused reading and writing assignments in the curriculums. Students are involved in an investigative water quality laboratory and become more informed about local resources, the environmental issues related to the resources, and how they can protect these resources. They are exposed to professionals in the environmental field, including educators with the Regional Science Resource Center, a field officer with the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, and a park ranger with the National Park Service. Students also engage in reading and writing assignments that have an environmental theme. The writing assignments are reprinted in local publications to educate the public about important environmental issues in the area.
Jefferson County Public Schools $5,000
Larry Hamfeldt, 3332 Newburg Road, P.O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Outdoor Classroom Project
This project supports development of an outdoor classroom at an elementary school within the public school district. The goal is to provide students with real-world experiences in order to reinforce the classroom curriculum. The outdoor classroom allows students to observe and experiment with living things and processes found in nature. Through hands-on activities such as planting, observing, recording observations of plants and animals, using and analyzing data, making predictions, performing experiments, and developing an ecosystem, the outdoor classroom concepts support both the school and state core curriculums.
Murray State University $25,000
Dr. Joe Baust, 3201 Alexander Hall, Murray, KY 42071
Model Environmental Education for Pre-Service Teachers
The goal of this project is to provide 2-day environmental education workshops for the 360 undergraduate students making up the group of pre-service teachers at Murray State University. Hands-on, minds-on field experiences and interdisciplinary instruction are essential to environmental education because teachers and students are often disconnected from the environment. Six workshops each containing 60 pre-service teachers are being held in an outdoor laboratory setting. The workshops are led by current teachers. The workshops draw on programs such as Projects WET; WILD; Learning Tree; Food, Land, and People; and Outdoor Biological Instructional Strategies.
Kentucky Agriculture & Environment in the Classroom $10,700
Rayetta Boone, P.O. Box 814, Frankfort, KY 40601
Environment and Agriculture: Exploring the Issues
This project involves establishing a college course titled "Environment and Agriculture: Exploring the Issues" to address the food and fiber system as a component of environmental education. Specifically, this project is providing course work to help meet Kentucky’s proposed environmental education endorsement. Initially a workshop is used to train 40 teachers who are seeking their master’s degrees in elementary education from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. The workshop is a 3-day course that explores the connection between agriculture and the environment in our society. The project then provides live presentations, field trips to an area farm and ethanol plant, and hands-on activities that can be applied in the classroom.
Murray State University $92,592
Joseph Baust, 421 A Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071-3318
Statewide Capacity Building for the Commonwealth of Kentucky
This project provides personnel at Kentucky's higher education institutions with the skills to develop and implement environmental literacy and environmental education programs in order to help build capacity locally and across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Directors of established environmental education centers collaborate with the Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) to conduct a 2-day workshop that helps faculty members from each of Kentucky's state universities to develop individual plans for dissemination on their campuses. An interactive web site facilitates communication among project participants, and the sponsors provide technical assistance throughout the project. The project culminates with a second workshop that allows participants to share the plans they have developed and the actions they have taken as well as to reflect on outcomes. Partners for the project include the University of Louisville, Western Kentucky University, and the KEEC.
Bowling Green Independent School District $5,000
Susan Oglesby, 1800 Creason Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Capturing Adventurous Voyages in our Environment
The grantee is partnering with the Western Kentucky University's Center for Water Resource Studies to develop and implement Project CAVE (Capturing Adventurous Voyages in our Environment). The goal of the project is to encourage students to focus on what is happening in their community and on their responsibility to preserve environmental quality. The quality of the drinking water in the Bowling Green community and in the surrounding counties has been a controversial issue. The project engages students at McNeill Elementary School to link their observations and findings with knowledge about their local environment and water quality. A 6-hour training session, facilitated by Dr. Ouida Meier from the Center for Water Resource Studies, is held at the school for all teachers. During the training, teachers learn how to utilize the school science lab effectively and how to conduct experiments pertaining to water treatment quality, as appropriate for each grade level. Dr. Meier and undergraduate biology students from the university provide guidance and assistance on a weekly basis throughout the project period.
Jefferson County Public Schools $4,964
Darlene Horton, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232
The Outdoor Classroom
The Outdoor Classroom for Chenoweth Elementary School provides students with an innovative classroom curriculum and opportunities for hands-on activities that support the curriculum and allow the students to see first-hand how they can impact the environment. Project activities include the creation of artificial wetlands, outdoor learning labs, and physical fitness stations for students who live in urban apartments, government housing projects, or other rental properties that do not have backyards. The students who participate in the program have never worked in a garden and have never had the opportunity to observe the life cycles of plants and wildlife. The school has a multi-phased, long range plan that includes an artificial wetland, a grove of trees, sections for various grass growth, a rotting log area, weather station, patches of native wild flowers, and various other habitat components. Students gain a better understanding of the science curriculum through real-life applications of textbook materials and laboratory activities. More than 50 percent of the 600 students participating in the outdoor classroom are considered at risk based on their eligibility for free or reduced-price meals.
Murray State University $22,993
Dr. Joe Baust, 321 Alexander Hall, P. O. Box 9, Murray, KY 42071
Model Environmental Education for Secondary Pre-Service Teachers
This project provides environmental education workshops in residential settings for 120 undergraduate students at the Murray State University, whose diverse majors comprise the secondary education component of the teacher education program. The workshops meet the demands of the national accrediting organization and the state of Kentucky. Key goals are to develop environmental education teaching skills and an understanding of environmental issues across the secondary education disciplines that are disjointed in the school curriculum.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation $5,000
Jack Supplee, 201 Kinkead Hall, Office of Sponsored Programs/Forestry, Lexington, KY 40506
What is Forestry? Connecting Schools and Communities
The goal of this program is to connect education reform in Kentucky to existing natural resource education material and programs. The objective is to pilot, implement, and disseminate six units of study or educational models, for multiple grade levels, following the Kentucky Department of Education guidelines for resource and forestry issues. By developing standards and inquiry-based units of study that follow a 5-step learning cycle, teachers connect and integrate currently available curriculum materials in natural resource and environmental education into a cohesive, curriculum module. The units are developed by teachers, cooperative extension specialists, and other content experts. Education specialists provide training on the development of the units and cooperative extension, while other content experts provide expertise on science content issues. The program serves as a mechanism to encourage the use of existing resources, connect classroom environmental resources to teachers, introduce desired education models into the classroom, and to provide teachers with real-life examples to enhance students' conceptual understanding. The program is introduced through a 1-day workshop conducted in four areas of the state by the University of Kentucky Extension Service and partner organizations. Delivery of the program also occurs through established websites, as well as through a printed version due to inconsistent Internet access at schools across the state.
Versailles Montessori School $20,985
Peg Snyder, 480 Pinckard Pike, Versailles, KY 40383
Development and Statewide Distribution of an Environmental Recycling Video - "The 4 R's"
The project provides environmental education opportunities to elementary students and adults in Kentucky through several activities. Segments are added to the video “The 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, & Rebuy” that was produced by the school’s elementary class. The video may be reproduced by any school. Students develop a pamphlet that describes the school’s recycling and composting center and distribute it to other schools in the state. The school also develops student activities and sample lessons teachers can incorporate into their curricula. The activities and lessons are geared to helping students learn to make informed decisions and strengthen their problem-solving skills. Those materials also are made available to other schools.
Jefferson County Public Schools $4,956
Larry Hamfeldt, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Project GREENSPACE - Creating a GREENSPACE for an Inner-City Elementary School
Project activities involve creating artificial wetlands, outdoor learning laboratories, and physical fitness stations for students who live in urban apartments and government housing projects and do not have their own backyards. They have neither worked in a garden nor had the opportunity to observe the life cycles of plants and wildlife. GREENSPACE offers the students the opportunity to have hands-on experiences with the environment and to transform their urban, industrial school site into scientific and physical fitness learning laboratories.
Morehead State University $10,810
Michael Wetherholt, 901 Ginger Hall, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351
Environmental Education Workshop for Eastern Kentucky Teachers
The objective of this project is to provide training to secondary public school teachers in an impoverished region of the United States with state-of-the-art environmental education and experiences so that area students, who have limited science and mathematics skills and knowledge, become better environmental citizens. Each teacher receives three hours of graduate college credit at no cost, a summer stipend, a water quality analysis kit, supplies, and other materials. Each workshop is taught by an expert in environmental science. Curricula and materials have regional significance. Follow-up studies are conducted to assess whether there has been an increase among students in environmental knowledge that can be attributed to enhanced knowledge and skills of the teachers.
Murray State University $4,815
Joseph Baust, Murray State University, P. O. Box 9, Murray, KY 42071
Environmental Education Workshop for Pre-Service Teachers
The purpose of the workshop is to introduce teachers to the teaching strategy of using the environment in an integrating context. The objectives of the project are to educate pre-service teachers about environmental issues and environmental education teaching strategies. Participants are preparing to become teachers in the multi-state Ohio Valley region that is rich in water resources. They must prepare their students to deal with the complex environmental management issues associated with the future urban, recreational, and agricultural development of the region. The goal of the project is to improve the environmental education teaching skills of the pre-service teachers.
Jefferson County Public Schools $15,172
Larry D. Hamfeldt, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232
The Air We Breathe: A Study of Air Quality in an Industrial Community
Under a project supported by a partnership between the Rubbertown Community Advisory Council and the University of Louisville, 225 students at three schools in the Jefferson County Public School District actively engage in studying and researching air quality in the Rubbertown community. Located in the community are 10 chemical industrial facilities at which air quality is considered poor. The results of the research will be provided to the community during the celebration of Earth Day 2000.
Watterson Accelerated Elementary School Parent Teacher Association $4,743
Kathy Lowrey, 3900 Breckenridge Lane, Louisville, KY 40218
Urban Wildlife Habitat Garden: Look What Lives in Your Back Yard
Watterson elementary school students, specifically 576 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade, and 21 classroom teachers learn about and experience the complexity of small-scale ecosystems at the school's outdoor classroom, the Urban Wildlife Habitat Garden. The Jefferson County Public Schools' Center for Environmental Education offers teachers professional development through in-service days at the outdoor classroom. Both students and teachers examine first hand the topics of biodiversity, habitat requirements, and environmental interdependency.
Jackson County Board of Education $4,980
John C. Dunsil, P. O. Box 217, McKee, KY 40447
McKee Elementary School Environmental Learning Center
This project teaches students and community groups the skills they need to make well-informed environmental decisions by developing an environmental learning center. Through the learning center, citizens have the opportunity to exercise problem-solving skills to increase their understanding of their relationship with the natural world.
Jefferson County Public Schools $5,000
Larry D. Hamfeldt, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
The Outdoor Classroom
This project develops an outdoor classroom and an environmental education program that engage the entire school in acquiring, through direct experiences, knowledge about the environment and the organisms that live in it. The students develop habitats that they then use to study specific organisms to increase their understanding of the effects human activities have on the environment.
Murray State University $120,186
Dr. Joe Baust, P. O. Box 9, Murray, KY 42071
Creating Connections for Parents, At-Risk Children, and Schools Using Environmental Education
The Center for Environmental Education provides a training program for educators who teach low-income at-risk children. The program is designed to reach the parents of those children as well. Through teacher training, the program builds leadership capacity and helps schools meet mandates established by the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1989. Educators learn how to infuse environmental education into classroom activities and make use of local resources to meet the needs of at-risk children. Teachers, teacher's aides, and prospective teachers develop interdisciplinary units of study that include activities intended for parents to conduct at home. Staff of the Land Between the Lakes Program sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority also use the units. Teachers and prospective teachers lead children and their parents on field trips focused on the study of lost habitats. Partners in the project are West Kentucky Education Cooperative, the West Kentucky Environmental Education Consortium, the Regional Service Center of the Kentucky Department of Education, family resource centers, and the Land Between the Lakes Program.
University of Louisville Research Foundation $4,997
Russell Barnett, Jouett Hall, Louisville, KY 40292
Urban Environmental Education
This project is designed to enhance the environmental education program in the Jefferson County public schools. The collaborative effort of 10 high school teachers, The Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development, and the West County Task Force provides an interpretive guide to some 20 to 25 sites in west Louisville. The guide is used to conduct field trips to sites that illustrate environmental issues that typically affect urban areas.
Versailles Montessori School, Inc. $5,000
Barbara Kessier, 480 Pinckard Pike, Versailles, KY 40383
Recycling Decision Tree
This project provides environmental education opportunities to students and adults through a series of activities. A walk-through display graphically illustrates issues homeowners face in making decisions about how they dispose of wastes. Elementary students are taught how to examine the costs and benefits of recycling and composting and measure, in their own households, the amount of recyclable and nonrecyclable waste their families produce each week. Students also compare a variety of composting methods to observe firsthand the benefits and drawbacks of each method.
Jefferson County Public Schools/Medora Elementary School $4,964
Larry D. Hamfeldt, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
River as Giver
The River as Giver project teaches students to become global citizens, take personal responsibility for preserving the integrity of the Ohio River, and understand the influence the river has on their daily lives. The students and their teachers participate in hands-on activities at the river and at school. Students and members of the community have access to science stations set up at Riverside, a restored farmstead that reflects life in the 1800s.
Knox County Board of Education/Lay Elementary School $16,238
David Cole, 200 Daniel Boone Drive, Barbourville, KY 40906
Lay School Environmental Education Project
This project trains teachers to use wetlands to teach students and the community about environmental issues and to monitor the health of a wetland. Teachers are trained through workshops to use the on-site natural wetland to meet the instructional goals of the curriculum as a whole. Students have the opportunity to verify the environmental effects of pollution on wetlands. Use of the wetland for study and research increases students' scientific knowledge and ability to use scientific methods.
Monticello Independent Board of Education $5,000
Margaret Broadhurst, 135 Cave Street, Monticello, KY 42633
Outdoor Classroom/Nature Trail
This project establishes an outdoor classroom and nature trail that brings environmental education to students, school personnel, and the community. At the outdoor classroom, students participate in hands-on learning experiences that move them from a passive to an active role in the learning process. The nature trail includes a path accessible to the handicapped.
Oldham County Board of Education $5,000
Linda D'Antoni, P. O. Box 218, Buckner, KY 40010
Preschool Environmental Education Center
The Preschool Environmental Education Center provides preschool children with increased knowledge of the local environment and how it is affected by various factors. Through that knowledge, the youngsters and the preschool's partners develop increased capacity to engage in community efforts to preserve their local environment. The on-site environmental education center is used extensively by 149 preschool children.
Clay County Board of Education (Clay County High School) $4,000
Jocelyn Wolfe, 248 Richmond Road, Manchester, KY 40962
Development of an Outdoor Classroom
This project is creating an outdoor environmental research center that will be used by 12 teachers, 700 students and 15 community members for presentations, demonstrations, field trips, mentoring, and environmental lessons. Major emphasis will be on soil, water, and weather learning stations as well as a wetland area with raised walkways, and a garden and crop study area using environmentally friendly chemicals.
Learning Pursuits, Inc. $4,859
Jeanette McDermott, 1016 Baxter Ave., Louisville, KY 40204
No Place Like Dome
The No Place Like Dome project is helping high school students see the possibilities of the environmental career options available to them. The project provides a setting which allows students to work with industry and government environmental professionals in the process of planning, designing, and constructing a solar-powered demonstration classroom and greenhouse.
Jefferson County Public Schools $4,925
Joyce Barnes, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Lassiter Middle School Environmental Education Program
This project expands a multi-generational community garden to include a downtown zone and continues the development of an environmental center with the addition of weather-related equipment and air testing facilities. The project also develops a student-oriented library that focuses on environmental issues based on student research.
Kentucky Tech. - Harrison Center $5,000
Steve Slade, 551 Webster Ave, Cynthiana, KY 41031
Expansion of Know H2O Bulletin Board System
This project expands the WATER project to include a CD-ROM on the Know H2O Bulletin Board System to allow local access by educators and the public to the National Consortium for Environmental Education and Training's CD-ROM environmental education resources.
Oldham County Board of Education $5,000
Rhonda Hale, 8120 W. Highway 42, Goshen, KY 40026
Liberty Elementary Environmental Theater
The organizers of this project will develop an outdoor environmental theater and provide environmental education to 459 rural and suburban students through the school's science program and the environmental and science clubs. The program also will be used during the summer extended school period.
Jessamine County Middle School $750
Grant Felice, 851 Wilmore Road, Nicholasville, KY 40356
Water Analysis in Jessamine County
The "Water Analysis in Jessamine County" project will integrate life, earth, and physical science into the 6th through 8th grade curriculum, using water quality testing as an environmental education medium.
Kentucky School For The Deaf $5,000
Angela K. Wilson, P. O. Box 27, South Second St., Danville, KY 40422
Workshops for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired
For this project, a series of workshops will provide teachers with the tools to give pre-school through high school hearing-impaired students a wide range of non-sheltered environmental education experiences, such as trips to nature centers and telecommunication projects with Kentucky Educational Television.
Council of State Governments $4,700
Karen Marshall, Iron Works Pike, P. O. Box 11910, Lexington, KY 40578-1910
Environmental Indicators in the Classroom
The "Environmental Indicators in the Classroom" project goal is to develop a secondary education curriculum about issues investigation, using environmental indicators as the teaching method. In-service education will enable teachers to carry out, evaluate, and disseminate project results for use in other classrooms.
Jefferson County Public Schools - Lassiter Middle School $4,915
Joyce Paul, P. O. Box 34020, Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Environmental Issues for the Community
This program will be held at a local middle school and will include environmental issues seminars for the community, a student-prepared environmental newsletter for parents and other community members, multi-generational community gardens, and an environmental celebration for the entire school community.
Kentucky Tech - Harrison County Center $5,000
Steve Slade, 551 Webster Avenue, Cynthiana, KY 41031
Drinking Water Information Centers
The purpose of this project is to develop a drinking water awareness program with classroom education and laboratory research about drinking water purification systems. Drinking Water Information Centers will be established in feeder school libraries, and a Drinking Water Education Bulletin Board will be developed on existing computer modem network systems.
Oldham County Middle School $5,000
Linda D'Antoni, P. O. Box 157, La Grange, KY 40010
Coal: Energy vs. Environment
The "Coal: Energy vs. Environment" project will develop interdisciplinary units and group research projects to enhance middle school students' knowledge of coal and its relation to the environment and energy production. The project seeks to actively engage students in assessing environmental risks and formulating solutions for risk reduction.
Kentucky Tech - Harrison County Center $5,000
Cynthiana, KY 41031
Testing Residential Water Supplies
This two-week long curriculum will require students to test the purity of samples taken from the South Fork of Licking River, residential water supplies (from wells and cisterns), and the effluent of a major local drainage outfall. A videotape will be made of the course for instructional purposes.
Madison County Clean Community $806
Richmond, KY 40475
Ground Water Pollution Program
The "Ground Water Pollution Program" is a three-dimensional model and videotape presentation for 4-H Club members, farmers, and visitors to the Madison county fair. The program will provide an overview of the geology specific to Madison County and the effects of routine activities on the potential to pollute ground water.